美国留学-如何解读导师对套磁的回复?

在美国留学申请中,大部分专业的博士以及少部分专业的硕士需要套磁。套磁就是和导师套近乎,那么在留学申请中,如果收到了导师的回复,该如何解读呢?今天枫叶之路就带同学们详细解读导师的回复究竟表达了啥。
一般来说,在套磁的过程中,导师的回复无外乎分为正面回复和负面回复两种,如果没有funding或opening,都算正面回复。我们来看下面几个正面回复的例子:
“I appreciate your interest in my lab and your strong research background … I would consider taking a PhD student next year, and I think you would be a very good candidate … ensure that I could fund the duration of your PhD program.”
这个回复算是非常正面的了,在里面导师明确表达了对该学生的强烈意向,并且在第一封回信里面就谈到了如何保证founding的问题。
“Thank you for your interest in a PhD position in my lab. You sound like an excellent candidate! … Perhaps we should set up a time to talk by phone? “
在第一封回信中就直接约电话面试,说明导师对你非常感兴趣,愿意在百忙之中抽出时间和你进行深入交流。对于收到这类回复的学生来说,如何利用电面的时间展现出最优秀的自己,加深导师对你的正面影响非常重要,建议好好准备,再熟悉一下自己写的套磁信,导师有可能会想要更深入了解你提到的那些内容。
“I would like to strongly encourage you to apply to the graduate program … Your background sounds to be highly appropriate for graduate study here!”
导师的这类回复没有表明想要和学生进行深入交流的意向,但也表明了两点:
- 导师正在招学生;
- 导师还是比较看好你的。
因此,如果有学生收到了这类恢复,建议继续申请哦,还是有很大希望的。
“I work closely with Dr. *** and am writing to you on her behalf. She regrets that she is unable to respond to your email herself … Professor *** is quite limited to taking on PhD students who are enrolled in the programs with which she is affiliated, or other graduate programs … She does however have intentions of taking on new students from these programs each year …”
这类回复不是导师发的,基本上不具有参考性,可以选择继续申请,也可以选择换一个教授。

其实,在留学申请中,能够收到导师回复的套磁很少,大多数都是石沉大海,所以大家要放宽心态哦。如果在美国留学申请,或其他国家留学申请中,需要和导师套磁,但又不知道如何写套磁信,可以找枫叶之路哦。
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